The T29 Heavy Tank was an American heavy tank project started in March 1944 to counter the appearance of the German Tiger II heavy tank. The T29 was not...
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and tank destroyers, such as the Jagdtiger, or Soviet heavy tanks, such as IS-2 or IS-3. The T30 was designed at the same time as the T29 Heavy Tank. The...
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terminated in October 1947. By that point, the T29 and T30 turreted heavy tank designs had been built. The T29 mounted the same gun as the T28 in a conventional...
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The T34 heavy tank was an American design for a heavy tank. It evolved from the T29 heavy tank and T30 heavy tank in 1945, using the same chassis, but...
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The Heavy Tank M6 was an American heavy tank designed during World War II. The tank was produced in small numbers and never saw combat. Because of limited...
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heavy tank, entered service 1941 Soviet KV-1 - heavy tank, entered service in 1939 American M6 - heavy tank, saw trials but never entered service Notes Chamberlain...
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The M103 heavy tank (officially designated 120mm gun combat tank M103, initially T43) was a heavy tank that served in the United States Army and the United...
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early 1945 to develop a significantly heavier variant of the M26 Pershing. Using data collected from the T29 Heavy Tank project and incorporating an experimental...
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A super-heavy tank is any tank that is notably beyond the standard of the class heavy tank in either size or weight relative to contemporary vehicles....
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A heavy tank is a tank classification produced from World War I to the end of the Cold War. These tanks generally sacrificed mobility and maneuverability...
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Kliment Voroshilov (KV; Russian: Климент Ворошилов, КВ) tanks are a series of Soviet heavy tanks named after the Soviet defence commissar and politician...
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IS-3 (redirect from IS-3 heavy tank)
postwar French prototype heavy tank T29 Heavy Tank, American prototype T34 Heavy Tank, American prototype M103 (heavy tank), American Sewell 2002, p...
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M2 Browning (redirect from L1A1 Heavy Machine Gun)
mounting in some tanks, including but not limited to: the M47 Patton, M48 Patton, M4 Sherman, M24 Chaffee, Heavy tank M6, Heavy Tank T29, M1 Abrams, M60...
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Navy Junkers T 29, a German experimental trainer aircraft T29 Heavy Tank, an American heavy tank project This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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in tank design, the first American tanks to see service were copies of French light tanks and a joint heavy tank design with the United Kingdom. In the...
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Tiger I (redirect from Tiger I heavy tank)
a German heavy tank of World War II that began operational duty in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions...
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heavy tank built in 1925. Its design influenced the Soviet T-35 heavy tank. The Spanish Civil War showed that tank-versus-tank engagements and tank-versus-towed...
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155 mm gun T7 (category Tank guns of the United States)
105mm T5E1 gun on the T29 Heavy Tank. It had a low velocity of only 701 m/s (2,300 ft/s) compared to the 120mm T53 on the T34 Heavy Tank (945 m/s) and the...
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Matilda II (redirect from Infantry Tank II Matilda)
its heavy armour, the Matilda II was an excellent infantry support tank but with somewhat limited speed and armament. It was the only British tank to serve...
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supported by infantry tanks had broken through heavily defended areas in the enemy lines, faster tanks such as cruiser or light tanks were expected to use...
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105 mm gun T5 (category Tank guns of the United States)
designs, including the double-tracked T28 super-heavy tank and T29 heavy tank. The project to develop a tank gun of 105 mm (4.1 in) in caliber was first...
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The cruiser tank (sometimes called cavalry tank or fast tank) was a British tank concept of the interwar period for tanks designed as modernised armoured...
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The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal...
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universal in all armies. A trend towards heavier tanks was unmistakable as the war proceeded. In 1939, most tanks had maximum armor of 30 mm (1.2 in) or...
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The history of the tank includes all vehicles intended to advance under enemy fire while remaining protected. The principle of armored warfare can be compared...
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(prototype) T29 (prototype) T30 (prototype) M10 tank destroyer M18 Hellcat M36 tank destroyer T28 super-heavy tank (prototype) M7 Priest M12 T92 A Marine tank platoon...
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A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower...
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(~290) T34 heavy tank – prototype T29 heavy tank – prototype T28 super-heavy tank a.k.a. 105 mm gun motor carriage T95 (2) – prototype T30 heavy tank – prototype...
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Soviet T-34 medium tank and to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV. Nevertheless, it served alongside the Panzer IV and the heavier Tiger I until the...
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Panzerkampfwagen E-100 (category Super-heavy tanks)
was a German super-heavy tank design developed towards the end of World War II. It was the largest of the Entwicklung series of tank designs which was...
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